Conference Sessions and Speakers

Day 2:… Tuesday 14th March 2006

Session 3: Discourse: New Heritage; the marriage of new media and cultural heritage

Session 3a Chair: Nezar AlSayyad

09:00… Jeff Malpas School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania
……………Cultural Heritage in the Age of New Media

09:45… Xiaolei Chen University of California, Berkeley
……………Rethinking the design of VE: Content design in virtual environment

10:05… Fiona Cameron Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
……………Decolonizing the past- the Politics of New Heritage Objects

Session 3b Chair: Jeff Malpas

10:50… Nezar AlSayyad University of California, Berkeley
……………Consuming Heritage or the End of Tradition:The New Challenges of Globalization

11:40… Bharat Dave University of Melbourne
……………Virtual Heritage: Mediating space, time and perspectives

12:00… Erik Champion Information Environments University of Queensland
……………Explorative Shadow Realms Of Uncertain Histories: Intangible Content and Translucent Interaction in New Heritage Projects

12:20… Round up and discussion: session chairs

Session 4: New heritage In practice: virtual environments

Session 4 Chair: Thomas Kvan

14:00… Maria Roussou University College London & Makebelieve, Greece
……………The Components Of Engagement In Virtual Heritage Environments

15:00… Hannah Lewi The University of Melbourne
……………Designing a Virtual Museum of Architectural Heritage

Session 4b

15:40… Maria Economou University of the Aegean, Greece
……………Educational tool or expensive toy? Evaluating VR evaluation and its relevance for virtual heritage

16:10… Caroline Frick University of Texas at Austin
……………Remembering The Alamo? New Media, Old Films, and Re-imagining Heritage

16:30… Round up and discussion: session chair

17:00… Summation: Conference chairs